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WorksheetsU.S. History Chapter 3 Pretest
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
England's first successful colony was called...
Jamestown
Roanoke
Virginia
Maryland
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut formed which group of colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Atlantic
What reason did people have for coming to the New England colonies?
They really like to sail on the ocean
They wanted religious freedom
They wanted to be poor
They really wanted to get away from their old house
New Jersey, Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania make up which group of colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Western
Why did people want to move to the Middle colonies?
to make money
religious tolerance
to fight with other people
to go on vacation
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia made up which group of colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Purple
People who were owned by the master of a plantation and made to work for life were called
indentured servants
maids
butlers
slaves
People who signed a contract and agreed to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for money and land were called
indentured servants
maids
waiters
slaves
Name the only Joint-Stock Company we talked about.
(a)
Sir Walter Raleigh was told to settle a colony for which country?
America
France
England
Spain
The Netherlands
The first group of African slaves were brought to the Americas for what colony?
Jamestown
Hartford
Carolina
Plymouth
What colony was best known for selling tobacco?
(a)
The Virginia Company began to offer headrights to entice colonists to come. What is a headright?
A right to a fancy hat
A land grant
A ship
A right to settle in the Americas
So John and John live within Jamestown. One of them hurts a relationship with a local tribe, and the other fixes it. What tribe would that be?
Powhatan
Wampanoag
Apalachee
Metacomet
Despite being an awful person, John Smith did two things to keep the colony of Jamestown alive. Select Both.
He forced settlers to work
He built ties with a local tribe
He killed a lot of natives
He made the Mason-Dixon Line
At this time, what religion is England?
(a)
After John Smith messed everything up with the Powhatan tribe, which John stepped forward to fix that relationship? (They married Pocahontas)
Locke
White
Wheelwright
Smith
Rolfe
What was the name of the Island where England failed to settle a colony twice?
Jersey
Roanoke
Massachusetts
Virginia
Why is the House of Burgesses important?
It was the first elected legislature in Americas
It was the first elected legislature in the world
It was the first democratic institution in the world
They're very epic and cool
One specific group of Separatists moved to America and named themselves what?
(a)
The Pilgrims landed in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Where did they originally plan on landing?
(a)
The Pilgrims named where they landed...
Providence
Pilgrim Isle
Nokingsland
Plymouth
The Mayflower Compact is important because...
It was a key step in democratic government
It was a key step in representative government
41/150 signed so it showed how inequal things were
It was the last thing the settlers ever wrote
Which religious group founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay?
Pilgrims
Quakers
Separatists
Puritans
Catholics
What Massachusetts minister led his people to settle in the Connecticut Valley because they disagreed with how the Massachusetts Bay colony was run?
Thomas Hooker
Roger Williams
John Wheelwright
The Duke of York
What colony did Roger Williams found?
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts Bay
The colony that was known as a save haven for dissenters.
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts Bay
Virginia
What colony did John Wheelwright found?
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Bay
The Wampanoag tribe led a war that lasted 14 months against the settlers. The settlers called the leader "King Philip," but what was his actual name?
Metacomet
Samoset
Squanto
Wampanoag
Powhatan
Squanto and Samoset are associated with what holiday?
(a)
In 1680, William Penn was given land by the King as a debt for his father. What did he name this land?
Carolina
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Plymouth
What city became New York City?
New Amsterdam
New Jersey
Atlantic City
None of these
Sweden had controlled land South of Pennsylvania. Penn allowed these people to control the land. What did they call their area?
(a)
Why did New Jersey never do as well as New York?
No Natural Harbor
No Farmland
No Settlers
Not New York
The colony that was created as a safe place for Catholics.
(a)
The Mason-Dixon line separated which two colonies?
Pennsylvania And Carolina
Pennsylvania and Maryland
Maryland and Virginia
Maryland and Carolina
Which of these did North Carolina NOT produce?
Tobacco
Beef
Rice
Timber
Which of these were NOT produced by South Carolina?
Beef
Lumber
Indigo
Tar
James Oglethorpe founded what colony?
Georgia
Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island
The colony of Georgia had two main purposes. Select Both.
A penal colony for the States
A place for poor and debtors to start again
The stop Spain expanding
To make money
A safe place for Catholics
